People v. Laws

On July 21, 1989, the circuit court of Adams County sentenced defendant Todd Laws, following a revocation of his probation for the offense of theft over $300 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 16—1), to five years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections, with said sentence to run consecutively to a prison sentence presently being served in Missouri. Defendant now appeals, alleging (1) the petition to revoke his probation was not resolved in a speedy fashion; (2) the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the amended petition; (3) the sentence imposed is excessive; and (4)…